The Weeknd Jolts CinemaCon Awake With Surprise Performance Touting ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’

The largely corporate crowd at CinemaCon, rocking credential lanyards and jeans and button-ups, got to live the Sin City fantasy on Tuesday morning with a surprise performance from The Weeknd.

The top-selling artist thrilled the Colosseum theater at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace during a presentation for Lionsgate, the distributor releasing his upcoming film “Hurry Up Tomorrow.” The Grammy winner performed two songs: an original from the new project and “Blinded by the Light.”

Introduced by Lionsgate motion picture group chief Adam Fogelson — who gave audience members with epilepsy a heads-up before the flashing lights

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